On 18 Aug 2002, it is alleged that Ron Hunter sauntered in to netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed:
> Brian Heinrich wrote: >> >> On 18 Aug 2002, it is alleged that Ron Hunter sauntered in to >> netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed: >> >> > Jay Garcia wrote: >> >> >> >> On 18/08/02 01:13, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows: >> >> >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> >> >> > On 17 Aug 2002, it is alleged that Jay Garcia sauntered in to >> >> > netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed: >> >> > >> >> >> On 17/08/02 13:26, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows: >> >> >> >> >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> >> >> >> It's an old convention that is no longer needed in any venue. >> >> > >> >> > To the extent that it can be argued that it improves readability, >> >> > I would hesistate to dismiss is quite so readily. >> >> > >> >> > /b. >> >> >> >> Hmm, let's see, I took typing in 1955'ish or so. The teaching >> >> convention then was single spacing. So, I'd be safe in saying that >> >> the dbl-spacing convention here predates 1955'ish or so .... :-) >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion >> >> Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI >> >> UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org >> >> ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email ** >> > >> > Nope. Took typing about 1958, and the double space was definitely >> > the standard at the time. Note that it is logical to leave more >> > space between sentences than between words. >> >> And when I took typing some 20 years later (albeit in Canada), I was >> taught to double space after a full stop (and a colon). My mother, >> when she took some secretarial English refresher courses in the >> mid-'80s, was even then -- and it might be pertinent that the courses >> assumed use of a computer rather than a typewriter -- taught to double >> space after a full stop (but /not/ after a colon). >> >> So, can we then accept that there was -- and remains -- considerable >> variation in what was/is considered acceptable typographical >> convention? >> >> /b. <snip class="fixingTheBrokenBehaviourOfTheUndeadC�lacanth" /> > And spelling too, given that you insist on spelling 'period' as 'full > stop'. Grin. The full stop is the thing that comes at the end of the period. No big deal; I use 'em both -- just seems 'full stop' is coming to mind more often right now. /b. -- Mozilla end-user questions should be directed to: snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.general snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.win32 snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.mac snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.unix Note that you need to have SSL enabled and the port set to 563.
